The 2024 Transfer Portal

brevity said:
Counterpoint: you are smarter than they are.

I've been paying close attention to UNC for this transfer portal cycle, and while I can't read the minds of their staff members, I've reached a quite reasonable conclusion that they are NOT thinking about the same things you are. Now, it's entirely possible that there are some people in that camp who have presented intelligent alternatives to address their roster problems, and maybe they're just getting overruled. I don't know, but I feel like I have a pretty good handle on this portal, and I am not interested in helping them.
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Well in that case, either A) We need to have a space for more secure discussion, or B) I need to start charging for my insights, hahaha.
 
arnie said:
From IC: "Yes, it may turn out that Lubin is better at the 5 for us than Aidoo, Omoruyi, Onyenso, ... I think Hubert got the guy and the roster he wanted. We'll play fast and small. Rebounding is less important when every shot is a 40% 3-pointer or a layup at the rim."

Seems they are very happy with their new style and players.
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Haha. That's one fan's full on denial that Hubert pursued and whiffed on 4-5 true centers. And I think Cadeau shot 19% and Jackson 25% from 3 last season, so not sure how they get anywhere in the zip code of 40%. Reads almost like a parody post...
 
Maged said:
I learn from you every day. Now on I will start every opinion I give with "I could be wrong".

That should give me a way out every time, I think, but I could be wrong.
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CrazyNotCrazie said:
Me starting every sentence with "I could be wrong" is why I am still married.
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I thought that's what FWIW was for. It gives the listener/reader the option to choose how much credence they want to give my thoughts and it gives me the option to fall back on "not very much."
 
Rich said:
I thought that's what FWIW was for. It gives the listener/reader the option to choose how much credence they want to give my thoughts and it gives me the option to fall back on "not very much."
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If everyone on DBR starts every statement with "FWIW" or "ICBW", how am I going to know by August whether to believe that Cooper will play the 3 or the 4?
 
scottdude8 said:
Yeah, if this comes to pass UNC may get its shot at two guys in Samson Johnson and Tarris Reed who could be ideal fits at the 5 for them. Johnson was a fantastic rebounder and defender as Clingan's backup last year, and played major minutes while Clingan was out while keeping UConn afloat. Meanwhile, Reed's game reminds me of a lesser (probably much lesser) Bacot... he's a very strong defender and rebounder who has a full, strong body. Reed probably has a bit more verticality in his game too, but has minimal polish offensively. Still, if either of those guys make it to the open market, with UNC the biggest name school that still has a clear hole at the 5, there'd be a natural fit.

FWIW, I'm not sure how these guys already being on campus (and I assume registered at UConn) would affect any of this, because UConn has begun posting content from summer practices just like most other schools do.

A final point: if, and again it's still an if, Hurley leaves, you have to feel for Alex Karaban who just left the NBA Draft, where he may have been in the conversation as a late first round pick, for a shot at a three-peat. If he enters the portal, there's an argument to be made that he is if not the top, certainly one of the Top 10, transfers in the whole portal class. A team who gets him would get a heck of a lot better instantly.
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I'm curious about this. I didn't watch a lot of UConn last year because ... gross, but statistically it doesn't look like Samson Johnson is that great a rebounder. Sports Reference says he averaged 2.8 rebounds per game while playing 16mpg. That would put his rate well behind Jalen Washington or Jae'lyn Withers. Is there something that skews those numbers?

Tarris Reed seems, at least on paper, like a better player. Hopefully his NIL deal is somewhat binding.
 
SlapTheFloor said:
I'm curious about this. I didn't watch a lot of UConn last year because ... gross, but statistically it doesn't look like Samson Johnson is that great a rebounder. Sports Reference says he averaged 2.8 rebounds per game while playing 16mpg. That would put his rate well behind Jalen Washington or Jae'lyn Withers. Is there something that skews those numbers?

Tarris Reed seems, at least on paper, like a better player. Hopefully his NIL deal is somewhat binding.
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Samson Johnson fouled out in only 5 minutes vs. Purdue. That's impressive.
 
Some recent transfer news, with references to the continued misadventures of Carolina. Click the names to read the stories.

The Coleman Hawkins drama continues. Originally he was going to visit Louisville this weekend, but now he's visiting Kansas State instead. The article also includes some damage control from sportswriter Jeff Goodman, in regards to Hawkins' rumored asking price.

Jamir Watkins returned to Florida State after his "anywhere but here" approach of declaring for the draft and entering the transfer portal. More like "anywhere but here, but also here." Leonard Hamilton was probably cool with it, as he has 3 open scholarships even after this news. Last season Watkins, a 6-7 forward, led the Seminoles in points, rebounds, and steals, and was 2 assists shy of leading that category as well. He'll be a good candidate for preseason All-ACC consideration.

Seton Hall picked up a pair of transfers who also recently put off their pro aspirations, 6-5 combo guard Garwey Dual from Providence and 6-10 forward Yacine Toumi from Evansville. Real NIL info is hard to come by, but the overall impression is that Seton Hall veers toward the have-nots, so this is a big deal. Toumi seems like one of those guys that UNC could have cheaply pursued, if they were only paying attention.

Speaking of, 7-2 center William Patterson, who redshirted at Syracuse last season, took his 4 remaining years of eligibility and headed to the Tar Heel state to play for... High Point. He committed to the mid-major school yesterday. This was a center in the ACC; I listed his name in my conference list every damn week. Would he have been the answer at the 5 for UNC? Maybe not, but a 7-2 backup to the occasionally healthy Jalen Washington would have made some sense.

UNC's center problem for 2024-2025 is a lot like Duke's center problem from 2023-2024, without a Kyle Filipowski to fall back on. They saw it happen, mocked us for it, and then learned nothing from it. They appear to have walked away from Hawkins. Maybe there's still someone out there -- I don't know, and if I did, I wouldn't say -- but they'd have to swallow their pride to make the move, and be unable to hide the fact that they're settling.
 
brevity said:
I guess I can start making this a weekly post. Call it Transfer Tuesday.
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Previous Posts:

March 19 (464 players in the transfer portal)
April 2 (1,323 players)
April 9 (1,534 players)
April 16 (1,692 players)
April 23 (1,790 players)
April 30 (1,950 players)
May 7 (2,025 players)
May 14 (2,029 players)
May 21 (2,032 players)
May 28 (2,035 players)
June 4 (2,039 players)

Plagiarism Update: I think I scared off the Syracusefan.com moderator, who did not repost my list from last week. Or maybe the list is less important to them now that the last outgoing Orange transfer, William Patterson, declared his destination school, while Georgia State's Lucas Taylor headed up north to take Syracuse's 12th scholarship. Coach Adrian Autry could be keeping that last scholarship open to add someone later or reward a walk-on.

It's June 11 and there are 2,041 Division I transfers, according to Verbal Commits. I'll keep monitoring this for roster additions, as well as the 11 outgoing ACC+3 players who have yet to commit to a new school:

Raheem Braiton, Notre Dame
Nick Cassano, Miami
Tyzhaun Claude, Georgia Tech
Gus Larson, California
Hercy Miller, Louisville
Damari Monsanto, Wake Forest
Mo Njie, SMU
Alex Nunnally, NC State
Desmond Roberts, Virginia
Wrenn Robinson, California
Alex Wade, Notre Dame

Things are winding down all around. Many people (not just the Inside Carolina crowd) seem to be fixated on the people who withdrew from the NBA draft and entered the portal. To my knowledge, only 2 are still undecided: former Illinois player Coleman Hawkins and former Kansas State player Arthur Kaluma. Interestingly, they could swap places. Hawkins visited Kansas State and is scheduled to visit LSU. Kaluma is looking at Illinois, Memphis, or a return to Creighton, where he started his college career.

Boston College

6 OUT
Prince Aligbe (to Seton Hall)
Claudell Harris Jr (to Mississippi State)
Mason Madsen (to Utah)
Devin McGlockton (to Vanderbilt)
Armani Mighty (to Buffalo)
Jaeden Zackery (to Clemson)

4 IN
Joshua Beadle (from Clemson)
Dion Brown (from UMBC)
Roger McFarlane (from SE Louisiana)
Chad Venning (from St. Bonaventure)

California

8 OUT
Devin Askew (to Long Beach State)
Monty Bowser (to Northern Arizona)
Rodney Brown Jr (to Virginia Tech)
Jalen Celestine (to Baylor)
Gus Larson
Grant Newell (to North Texas)
ND Okafor (to Washington State)
Wrenn Robinson

9 IN
Jovan Blacksher Jr (from Grand Canyon)
DJ Campbell (from Western Carolina)
Lee Dort (from Vanderbilt)
Joshua Ola-Joseph (from Minnesota)
BJ Omot (from North Dakota)
Rytis Petraitis (from Air Force)
Mady Sissoko (from Michigan State)
Andrej Stojaković (from Stanford)
Christian Tucker (from UTSA)

Clemson

4 OUT
Joshua Beadle (to Boston College)
Jack Clark (to VCU)
RJ Godfrey (to Georgia)
Alex Hemenway (to Vanderbilt)

4 IN
Myles Foster (from Illinois State)
Viktor Lakhin (from Cincinnati)
Christian Reeves (from Duke)
Jaeden Zackery (from Boston College)

Duke

7 OUT
Jaylen Blakes (to Stanford)
Mark Mitchell Jr (to Missouri)
TJ Power (to Virginia)
Christian Reeves (to Clemson)
Jeremy Roach (to Baylor)
Jaden Schutt (to Virginia Tech)
Sean Stewart (to Ohio State)

4 IN
Maliq Brown (from Syracuse)
Mason Gillis (from Purdue)
Sion James (from Tulane)
Cameron Sheffield (from Rice)

Florida State

10 OUT
Sola Adebisi (to The Citadel)
Cameron Corhen (to Pittsburgh)
Cam'Ron Fletcher (to Xavier)
De'Ante Green (to South Florida)
Tom House (to Furman)
Waka Mbatch (withdrawn, back to Florida State)
Baba Miller (to Florida Atlantic)
Amir Spears (to UTSA)
Jalen Warley (to Virginia)
Jamir Watkins (withdrawn, back to Florida State)

4 IN
Jerry Deng (from Hampton)
Malique Ewin (from JUCO/South Plains)
Bostyn Holt (from South Dakota)
Justin Thomas (from UTSA)

Georgia Tech

7 OUT
Amaree Abram (to Louisiana Tech)
Tyzhaun Claude
Dallan Coleman (to UCF)
Ebenezer Dowuona (to James Madison)
Tafara Gapare (to Maryland)
Miles Kelly (to Auburn)
Ibrahima Sacko (to New Mexico)

3 IN
Javian McCollum (from Oklahoma)
Ryan Mutombo (from Georgetown)
Luke O'Brien (from Colorado)

Louisville

13 OUT
Skyy Clark (to UCLA)
Koron Davis (to Louisiana)
Dennis Evans (to Grand Canyon)
Kaleb Glenn (to Florida Atlantic)
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (to NC State)
Mike James (to NC State)
Ty-Laur Johnson (to Wake Forest)
Danilo Jovanovich (to Milwaukee)
Hercy Miller
Emmanuel Okorafor (to Seton Hall)
JJ Traynor (to DePaul)
Tre White (to Illinois)
Curtis Williams (to Georgetown)

12 IN
Frank Anselem-Ibe (from Georgia)
Terrence Edwards Jr (from James Madison)
J'Vonne Hadley (from Colorado)
Chucky Hepburn (from Wisconsin)
Koren Johnson (from Washington)
Aly Khalifa (from BYU)
Kasean Pryor (from South Florida)
Kobe Rodgers (from Charleston)
James Scott (from Charleston)
Reyne Smith (from Charleston)
Aboubacar Traoré (from Long Beach State)
Noah Waterman (from BYU)

Miami

8 OUT
AJ Casey (to St. Louis)
Nick Cassano
Bensley Joseph (to Providence)
Michael Nwoko (to Mississippi State)
Norchad Omier (to Baylor)
Wooga Poplar (to Villanova)
Jakai Robinson (to Bryant)
Christian Watson (to Southern Miss)

6 IN
Yussif Basa-Ama (from Yale)
Jalen Blackmon (from Stetson)
Kiree Huie (from Idaho State)
Brandon Johnson (from East Carolina)
Lynn Kidd (from Virginia Tech)
AJ Staton-McCray (from Samford)

NC State

4 OUT
Alex Nunnally
Ernest Ross (withdrawn, back to NC State)
LJ Thomas (to Austin Peay)
Kam Woods (to Robert Morris)

4 IN
Marcus Hill (from Bowling Green)
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (from Louisville)
Mike James (from Louisville)
Dontrez Styles (from Georgetown)

North Carolina

2 OUT
James Okonkwo (to Akron)
Seth Trimble (withdrawn, back to UNC)

2 IN
Ven-Allen Lubin (from Vanderbilt)
Cade Tyson (from Belmont)

Notre Dame

4 OUT
Carey Booth (to Illinois)
Raheem Braiton
Alex Wade
Matt Zona (to Fordham)

3 IN
Matt Allocco (from Princeton)
Burke Chebuhar (from Lehigh)
Nikita Konstantynovskyi (from Monmouth)

Pittsburgh

2 OUT
Federiko Federiko (to Texas Tech)
William Jeffress (to Louisiana Tech)

2 IN
Cameron Corhen (from Florida State)
Damian Dunn (from Houston)

SMU

9 OUT
Denver Anglin (to Rice)
Xavier Foster (to Radford)
Ja'Heim Hudson (to Auburn)
Jefferson Koulibaly (to Pacific)
Mo Njie
Zhuric Phelps (to Texas A&M)
Jalen Smith (to Rice)
Tyreek Smith (to Memphis)
Ricardo Wright (to Kennesaw State)

7 IN
Jerrell Colbert (from Kansas State)
Matt Cross (from Massachusetts)
AJ George (from Long Beach State)
Tibet Gorener (from San Jose State)
Kevin Miller (from Wake Forest)
Kario Oquendo (from Oregon)
Yohan Traore (from UCSB)

Stanford

5 OUT
Brandon Angel (to Oregon)
Kanaan Carlyle (to Indiana)
Max Murrell (to UC Santa Barbara)
Maxime Reynaud (withdrawn, back to Stanford)
Andrej Stojaković (to California)

5 IN
Jaylen Blakes (from Duke)
Cole Kastner (from Virginia LAX)
Chisom Okpara (from Harvard)
Derin Saran (from UC Irvine)
Oziyah Sellers (from USC)

Syracuse

6 OUT
Maliq Brown (to Duke)
Peter Carey (to Siena)
Quadir Copeland (to McNeese)
Mounir Hima (to Howard)
William Patterson (to High Point)
Justin Taylor (to James Madison)

4 IN
Jaquan Carlos (from Hofstra)
Jyáre Davis (from Delaware)
Eddie Lampkin Jr (from Colorado)
Lucas Taylor (from Georgia State)

Virginia

4 OUT
Leon Bond III (to Northern Iowa)
Dante Harris (withdrawn; back to Virginia as a walk-on)
Tristan How (to NYU)
Desmond Roberts

5 IN
Darrin Ames (from Kansas State)
Carter Lang (from Vanderbilt)
TJ Power (from Duke)
Elijah Saunders (from San Diego State)
Jalen Warley (from Florida State)

Virginia Tech

7 OUT
John Camden (to Delaware)
MJ Collins (to Vanderbilt)
Lynn Kidd (to Miami)
Tyler Nickel (to Vanderbilt)
Sean Pedulla (to Ole Miss)
Mylyjael Poteat (withdrawn, back to Virginia Tech)
Rodney Rice (to Maryland)

5 IN
Rodney Brown Jr (from California)
Ben Burnham (from Charleston)
Toibu Lawal (from VCU)
Hysier Miller (from Temple)
Jaden Schutt (from Duke)

Wake Forest

8 OUT
Abramo Canka (to Stetson)
Andrew Carr (to Kentucky)
Aaron Clark (to Pepperdine)
Jao Ituka (to Jacksonville State)
Zach Keller (to Utah)
Matthew Marsh (to Oregon State)
Kevin Miller (to SMU)
Damari Monsanto

5 IN
Churchill Abass (from DePaul)
Omaha Biliew (from Iowa State)
Davin Cosby Jr (from Alabama)
Ty-Laur Johnson (from Louisville)
Tre'Von Spillers (from Appalachian State)
 
You can add this to the uncheats transfer list:

Elijah Davis, son of UNC head coach Hubert Davis, is set to transfer in and join the team starting in the 2024-25 season, the younger Davis confirmed to Inside Carolina on Wednesday. UNC has not yet officially announced or confirmed the development

Elijah Davis, listed at 6-foot-4 and 197 pounds, played at Division III Lynchburg for three seasons. He averaged 2.6 points per game last season in 7.3 minutes per game. His most productive season came during his sophomore year, when he averaged 7.1 points per game on 43.1% shooting. For his career, Davis is a 37% 3-point shooter. Davis scored a career-high 21 points against Bridgewater (Va.) in his sophomore year, making five of his nine 3-point attempts.
 
accfanfrom1970 said:
You can add this to the uncheats transfer list:

Elijah Davis, son of UNC head coach Hubert Davis, is set to transfer in and join the team starting in the 2024-25 season, the younger Davis confirmed to Inside Carolina on Wednesday. UNC has not yet officially announced or confirmed the development

Elijah Davis, listed at 6-foot-4 and 197 pounds, played at Division III Lynchburg for three seasons. He averaged 2.6 points per game last season in 7.3 minutes per game. His most productive season came during his sophomore year, when he averaged 7.1 points per game on 43.1% shooting. For his career, Davis is a 37% 3-point shooter. Davis scored a career-high 21 points against Bridgewater (Va.) in his sophomore year, making five of his nine 3-point attempts.
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He sounds like a real difference maker for the cheats.
 
It's over

accfanfrom1970 said:
You can add this to the uncheats transfer list:

Elijah Davis, son of UNC head coach Hubert Davis, is set to transfer in and join the team starting in the 2024-25 season, the younger Davis confirmed to Inside Carolina on Wednesday. UNC has not yet officially announced or confirmed the development

Elijah Davis, listed at 6-foot-4 and 197 pounds, played at Division III Lynchburg for three seasons. He averaged 2.6 points per game last season in 7.3 minutes per game. His most productive season came during his sophomore year, when he averaged 7.1 points per game on 43.1% shooting. For his career, Davis is a 37% 3-point shooter. Davis scored a career-high 21 points against Bridgewater (Va.) in his sophomore year, making five of his nine 3-point attempts.
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accfanfrom1970 said:
You can add this to the uncheats transfer list:

Elijah Davis, son of UNC head coach Hubert Davis, is set to transfer in and join the team starting in the 2024-25 season, the younger Davis confirmed to Inside Carolina on Wednesday. UNC has not yet officially announced or confirmed the development

Elijah Davis, listed at 6-foot-4 and 197 pounds, played at Division III Lynchburg for three seasons. He averaged 2.6 points per game last season in 7.3 minutes per game. His most productive season came during his sophomore year, when he averaged 7.1 points per game on 43.1% shooting. For his career, Davis is a 37% 3-point shooter. Davis scored a career-high 21 points against Bridgewater (Va.) in his sophomore year, making five of his nine 3-point attempts.
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It is fairly common knowledge that this player's mother has been sleeping with UNC's head coach. Hopefully she was able to leverage this relationship to get a guarantee that her son will play at least 25 minutes per game next season. :D
 
Wow!

On3: Former Illinois forward Coleman Hawkins commits to Kansas State

Friday morning, NBA insider Shams Charania tweeted out news of Hawkins’ commitment to KSU, noting that the Wildcats really opened up their checkbooks for this late addition:

“Sources: Illinois transfer Coleman Hawkins has committed to play for Kansas State in what’s believed to be the most lucrative college basketball NIL deal ($2 million) negotiated from a collective by Nate Conley of Court XIV and Aaron Turner of Verus Basketball,” Charania tweeted.
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The 6-10 Hawkins joins a ridiculous Kansas State frontcourt that already has 6-9 David N'Guessan (returning player, 21 starts last season) 6-9 Achor Achor (from Samford), 6-10 Baye Fall (from Arkansas), and 7-0 Ugonna Onyenso (from Kentucky).
 
brevity said:
Wow!

On3: Former Illinois forward Coleman Hawkins commits to Kansas State



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The 6-10 Hawkins joins a ridiculous Kansas State frontcourt that already has 6-9 David N'Guessan (returning player, 21 starts last season) 6-9 Achor Achor (from Samford), 6-10 Baye Fall (from Arkansas), and 7-0 Ugonna Onyenso (from Kentucky).
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Wow. The Big 12 is absolutely loaded this year. We're going to have to keep hearing about their "dominance" all season again.

As an aside, I know things had cooled down to almost nothing between Hawkins and UNC, but it's a relief to see him officially off the board. We now know almost certainly that UNC's traditional bigs that can be expected to be contributors are limited to Withers, Washington, and Lubin. Unless Zayden High suddenly goes from a guy who couldn't see the floor as a freshman to a contributor as a sophomore (which seems like a stretch, particularly for a guy who was a fringe Top 100 prospect) and/or incoming freshman James Brown wildly outperforms his rankings, UNC has two options:
1) Play Cade Tyson significant minutes as a stretch 4, which would be a major defensive vulnerability (he's listed on ESPN at 6'7'', 205 lbs, although he did average a respectable 6 rpg last year).
2) Have a 3 man rotation for the 2 big spots between Withers, Washington, and Lubin, which would make UNC very vulnerable to foul or injury trouble.

Yes, UNC's backcourt should be amongst the best in the nation, which I think justifies their lofty preseason ranking, but I'd argue their question marks are significantly more concerning than the same old "Is Duke too young?" refrain (especially since it looks more and more likely that just two freshmen, Flagg and Maluach, will be amongst Duke's top 7 rotation guys, which will otherwise include two super seniors, two ACC-tested juniors, and a 5* sophomore).
 
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